Horseshoe



Patented June 24, 1930 UNITED STATES HORSESHOE Application filed May 18,

The invention aims to provide a new and improved construction of horseshoe, in which 1 novel provision is made whereby the rear portion thereof may vertically spring, providing adequate protecting means for the annnals hoof, to prevent soreness from continuous treading upon hard pavements.

l/Vlllll the foregoing in view, the inventlon resides in the novel subject-matterhereinafter described and claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawing. I

Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view,

Fig. 2 is an edge View,

Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation, and I Fig. i is a horizontalsectional viewon line 4-4 of Fig. 2. I

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 5 denotes a horseshoe preferably having the usual hoof-engaging lip 6 at its front end and equipped at said end with a calk or calks 7 Preferably, two of these calks' are used, having tapered studs 8 driven into openings in the shoe, said calks being held in place by the existing friction between the studs 8 and the walls of the openings, so that they may be removedwhen it is desired to substitute new calks. To prevent turning of the calks, an abrupt shoulder 9 has been shown at i the lower side of the shoe.

The rear ends of the shoe 5 terminate in vertically yieldable spring fingers 10 whose upper sides are preferably spaced below the plane in which the upper side of the shoe body is disposed. The lower sides of these spring fingers are by preference in aplane above that in which the lower side of the shoe body is disposed. The fingers 1O vertically yield each time the horse or other animal places his weight upon theshoe, and hence they efiectively absorb shocks and prevent soreness. I

In thus spacing the spring fingers, theupper and lower sides of the rear ends-of the shoe are cut away or forgedand upper and lower shoulders are thereby formed at the inner ends of the fingers, vwhichserve to re 1 sistforward pressure or thrust of the heel portion of the pad, hereinafter described. The lower shoulder is preferably square or 1928. Serial No. 278,760.

more abrupt than the upper shoulder to more firmly resist the greater thrust or forward. pressure of the lower part of the heel port-ion of the pad. I

A flat pad 11 preferably. formed of vulcanized rubber and reinforcing fabric, lies upon the upper side of the shoe 5 and at its rear end is provided with a downwardly projecting resilient heel 12 which is integral with said pad and whose lower side is below t 1e lower'side of the shoe. This heel 12 is formed with recesses 13 which snugly receive I the spring fingers 10 so that portions of the heel are below these fingers and other portions thereof above them. Not only do the fingers 10 yield, but'the heel 12 also resiliently absorbs shocks, so that there is no danger of the animals feet becoming sore, even when l ie must tread continually upon hard surlEtCGS.

The shoe 5 is formed of a good grade of steel with at least its rear end tempered to provide the spring fingers 10. The pad 11 and the heel 12 are of appropriate vulcanized rubber, and at least the pad is reinforced with fabric or other adequate material.

I Iciaimz- 1. A horseshoe whose rearends terminate in vertically yieldable spring fingers disposed in a'planebelow the plane of the upper side ,80 and above the plane of the lower side of the shoe, and a pad lying upon the shoe and hav-' ing a downwardly projecting resilient heel whose lower side is below the lower side of the shoe, said heel having recesses receiving said spring fingers. I

2. A horseshoe having the upper and lower sides of its rear ends cut away to form'vertically yieldable spring fingers. said fingers I having their upper sides below the upper side of the shoe body and their lower'sides above the lower sides of the shoe body, thereby forming upper and lower shoulders at the inner ends of the upper and lower sides of the spring fingers, said .lower shoulder being square to provide an'abrupt stop for a, heel pad.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature. I

JOSEPH N. TROXELL. I5 

